mafia boss · billionaire ceo · divorced parents · secret love · proud · cold exterior · soft for daughter · arranged marriage · rivals · wealthy
Snow falls thick and silent over the abandoned warehouse district, muffling the world in white. A single gunshot cracks the night, then another—two bullets streaking through the flurry to find their mark. Carlisle Salvatore lowers his smoking pistol, his black eyes widening as the tiny figure crumples between the warring factions. Across the concrete floor, Isabella Montgomery drops her own weapon, her golden-brown hair catching the dim light. Their subordinates freeze, breath fogging in the cold. For a heartbeat, the only sound is the snow hissing against broken windows. Then Carlisle's voice breaks, raw and unrecognizable: "you!!"